The following persons many be classified as Rowdies and Rowdy
sheets may be opened for them under the standing order of 742 of
the Superintendent of Police or Sub Divisional Officer.

Persons who habitually commit, attempt to commit
or abet the commission of offences involving a
breach of the peace;

Persons bound over under Sections 106, 107, 108(c)
and 110(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
1973 (Act No. 2 of 1974);

Persons who have been convicted more than once in
two consecutive years under Section 75 of the
Madras City Police Act or under Section 3, clause
12, of the Towns Nuisances Act;

Persons who habitually tease woman and girls by
passing indecent remarks or otherwise; and

In the case of rowdies residing in an area under
one Police Station but are found to be frequently
visiting the area under one or more other Police
Stations their rowdy sheets can be maintained at
all such Police Stations.

As per Police standing order of 733 History Sheets of persons
residing permanently or temporarily in the station limits, who
are known or believed to be addicted to or to aid and abet the
commission of crime, whether convicted or not or who are believed
to be habitual receivers are maintained.

Automatic opening of History Sheets, as per Police Standing
Order of 734, is maintained at the time of conviction for persons
convicted as under and shall be retained for two years after
release from jail.

Persons are how
Convicted

Number of times
Convicted

Persons released from
imprisonment for life under chapters XII and XVII of the
Indian Penal Code.
Professional Prisoners
Indian Penal Code Sections 395 to 40

Once

Indian Penal Code Sections 392
to 394, if convicted or liable To conviction under
Section 75 of the Indian Penal Code

Twice

House Breaking

Twice

Theft

Thrice

Bad livelihood sections of the
Code of Criminal Procedure:
Bound over under Section 109 :
Bound over under Section 110 :

Twice
Once

Police Standing Order 736 deals with Suspects. The following
persons should be classified as suspects and history sheets shall
be opened for them under the orders of the Superintendent of
Police or Sub  Divisional Officer:

Persons once convicted under any section of the
Indian Penal Code who are considered likely to
commit crime again, and

Persons not convicted, but believed to be
addicted to crime.

Care should be taken to see that History Sheets
are opened under this Order only for persons who
are likely to turn out to be habitual criminals
and, therefore require to be close watched.

Annaxure-2

Classification of Offences and Period of Disqualification

The following table gives the type of crime, the period of
disqualification and the sections dealing with the relevant laws.

S.no

Offence

Law

Period of
Disqualification

1

Promoting enemity between
different groups on ground of convictionreligion, race,
place of birth,residence, language, etc. and doing acts
prejudicial to main-tenance of harmony.

IPC 153 A & B

Six years from the day of
conviction

2

Bribaary

IPC 171 E

-DO-

3

Undue influence or personation
at an election.

IPC 171 F

-DO-

4

Rape

IPC 376 or 376 A, B, C & D

-DO-

5

Cruelty towards women

IPC 498 A

-DO-

6

Promoting enemity, hatred, ill
will between different religious groups.

Law Commission
proposes certain amendments to RP Act, 1951. To quote the
report, "major proposal put forward relates to
amendment of section 8 of the Representation of the
People Act 1951 which, as it now stands, provides for
disqualification on the ground of conviction for certain
named offences. It is well known that mafia leaders and
leaders or members of criminal gangs rarely get convicted
by courts. The reasons for this phenomenon are well
known, the foremost among them being the unwillingness of
the witnesses to come forward and depose for fear of
reprisals from the accused. It is accordingly proposed
that even if charges are framed under any of the offences
mentioned in sub-section (1) is not necessary; if the
charges are framed by the court under any of those
offences, it would be sufficient to attract the
disqualification under section 8. For this purpose,
several measures have to be adopted, namely,

Shifting the
offences under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
from sub-section (1) of section 8 to sub-section (2)
thereof. This is for the reason that in the opinion of
the Commission it is not advisable to increase the
punishment provided by the provisions of the Civil Rights
Act to three years (in which case along it would become a
warrant case, requiring the framing of charges).

It is suggested that
the punishment under sections 171E and 171F should be
enhanced to three years in addition to fine in place of
the existing punishment of one year of fine or both. It
is also suggested that offences under sections 171G, 171H
and 171I of the Indian Penal Code should not only be
included in clause (a) of subsection (1) of section 8,
but the punishment under the said three sections should
also be enhanced to three years in addition to fine. It
may be mentioned that all the offences mentioned under
sections 171E to 171I are offences relating to elections.
These provisions were added by chapter IXA introduced in
the IPC by Amendment Act 39 of 1970. Over the years, we
have seen that these offences are on rise and are
becoming more widespread, and more serious. To counteract
this trend, it is necessary to enhance the punishment
under the aforesaid sections so as to make the procedure
relating to warrant cases applicable in all such cases.
It may be mentioned that in cases triable as warrant
cases, the framing of charges is obligatory (unless of
course the accused is discharged) whereas in case of
offences triable according to summons procedure, framing
of the charges is optional with the court. Once the
procedure for warrant cases is attracted and charges are
framed in respect of specified offences, the accused
person would be disqualified under section 8 of the
Representation of People Act, 1951. Necessary Amendment
Bill for this purpose is appended herewith as IPC (Amendment)
Bill.

Similarly, the
punishment under sections 135, 135A and 136(2) of the
Representation of the People Act is also proposed to be
enhanced to three years. These offences pertain to
removal of ballot papers from polling stations, booth
capturing and fraudulently defacing of destroying
nomination papers. They too are election offences and
deserve to be treated on par with, if not more severely
than, the offences mentioned in Chapter IXA of the Indian
penal Code."(Page
No.20 to 23 of Working paper on Reform of the Electoral
Laws, September 1998)

The detailed
Amendments to various Sections of the RP Act, 1951

Amendment of Section 8:

In section 8 of the
Principal Act, for the existing title, the following
title shall be substituted:

"Sec. 8 Disqualification
for certain offences.

For sub-sections (1)
and (2), the following sub-sections shall be substituted:

A person
against whom charge has been framed under, or who
has been convicted of an offence punishable under
-

Section 153A
or section 171E or Section 171F or section 171G
or section 171H or section 171I of sub-section (1)
of sub-section (2) of section 376 or section 376A
or section 376B or section 376C or section 376D
or section 498A or Sub-section (2) or sub-suction
(3) of section 505 of the Indian Penal Code (45
of 1860); or

Section 11
of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962); or

Sections 10
to 12 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act, 1967 (37 of 1967); or

The Foreign
Exchange (Regulation) Act, 1973 (46 of 1973); or

The Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61
of 1985); or

Section 3 or
section 4 of the Terrorist and Disruptive
Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (28 of 1987);
or

Section 7 of
the Religious Institutions (prevention of Misuse)
Act, 1988 (41 of 1988); or

Section 125
or section 135 or section 135 A or sub-section (2)
or section 136 of this Act, shall be disqualified
for a period of twelve years from the date of
framing of such charge or such conviction as the
case may be.

A person
convicted for the contravention of -

any law
providing for the preventing of hoarding or
profiteering; or

any law
relating to the adulteration of food of drugs; or

any
provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28
of 1961); or

any
provisions of the Commission of Sati (Prevention)
Act, 1987 (3 of 1987); or

the
Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (22 of 1955);
or

any
provisions of the Prevention of the Insults to
National Honour Act, 1971

And
sentenced to imprisonment for not
less than six months shall be
disqualified from the date of
such conviction and shaany
provisions of the Prevention of the Insults to
National Honour Act, 1971

And
sentenced to imprisonment for not
less than six months shall be
disqualified from the date of
such conviction and shall
continue to be disqualified for a
further period of six years since
his release."(Page No.46-48)

Amendments to
Chapter IXA of the Indian Penal Core, 1860

Amendment
of sections 171E, 171F, 171G, 171H and
171I of Indian Penal Code;

In chapter IXA of
the Indian Penal Code, for sections 171E, 171F, 171G, 171H
and 171I, the following sections shall be substituted:

"171E.
Punishment for bribery. - Whoever commits
the offence of bribery shall be punished
with imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend to three
years and shall also be liable to fine.

171F.
Punishment for undue influence or
personation at an election. - Whoever
commits the offence of undue influence of
personation at an election shall be
punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend
to three years and shall also be liable
to fine.

171G.
False statement in connection with an
election. - Whoever with intent to affect
the result of an election makes or
publishes any statement purporting to be
a statement of fact which is false and
which he either knows or believes to be
false or does not believe to be true, in
relation to the personal character or
conduct of any candidate shall be
punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend
to three years and shall also be liable
to fine.

171H.
Illegal payments in connection with an
election. - Whoever without the general
or special authority in writing of a
candidate incurs or authorises expenses
on account of the holding of any public
meeting, or upon any advertisement,
circular or publication, or in any other
way whatsoever for the purpose of
promoting or procuring the election of
such candidate shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description which
may extend to three years and fine which
may extend to five hundred rupees.

Provided
that if any person having incurred any
such expenses not exceeding the amount of
ten rupees without authority obtains
within ten days from the date on which
such expenses were incurred, the approval
in writing of the candidate, he shall be
deemed to have incurred such expenses
with the authority of the candidate.

171I.
Failure to keep election accounts.
Whoever being required by any law for the
time being in force of any rule having
the force of law to keep accounts of
expenses incurred at or in connection
with an election fails to keep such
accounts shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to three years and
shall also be liable to fine.

171J.
Exceeding the prescribed limit of
election expenses - Any candidate whose
expenditure on election exceeds the
amount prescribed under sub-section (3)
of section 77, shall be punished with
imprisonment which may extend to three
years and shall also be liable to fine. (Pages
No.73-75)

Annexure - 4

Proposed proforma for
furnishing information under Sections 8, 8A and 9 dealing with
the disqualification from contesting election.

Annexure -5

Statement of Income
and Expenditure

The statement of
accounts shall comprise accounts of income and
expenditure and an account of assets. It shall be drawn
up in accordance accepted bookkeeping principles and with
due regard for the purposes of this Law. The statement of
accounts of the political party in its entirety shall
incorporate the statements of accounts separately showing
federal and state organisations and the statements of
accounts of the subordinate organizations of each
respective state organization. The state organizations
and their subordinate organizations shall attach to their
statements of accounts a complete list of all donations
together with the names and addresses of the donors. The
party state organisations shall keep the partial reports
of the district organizations subordinate to them in
collective form in their own accounting documents.

Income includes:

Members'
subscriptions and similar regular contributions.

Donations
from natural persons

Donations
from legal entities

Income from
assets

Income from
organized events, distribution of printed
materials and published materials and other
income-raising party activities

Public funds

Other income

Grants from
subdivisions

Total income
from items 1 to 8

Expenditures
includes:

Staff

Current
business activities

General
party work

Elections

Interest

Other
expenditures

Allocations
to subdivisions

The statement of
assets comprises:

1. Property

Capital
assets

Real
estate and land

Equipment
of premises

Financial
investments

Working
capital

Claims
on subdivisions

Claims
for public funds

Monetary
assets

Other
assets

III. All property

2. Debts

I Reserves

Pensions

Other
reserves

II
Liabilities

Liabilities
towards the subdivisons

Liabilities
towards credit institutes

Other
liabilities

III All
debts

3. Net Assets (positive
or negative).

The statement of
accounts shall show separately the total contributions of
natural persons up to Rs.25,000 per person as well as the
total contributions of natural persons which exceed the
amount of Rs.25,000

The report shall be
preceded by a summary of :

income of the whole
party in accordance with Paragraph 2, Nos.1 to 7 and
their total,

expenditure of the
whole party in accordance with Paragraph 3, Nos.1 to 6
and their total,

any surplus or
deficit,

property of the
whole party in accordance with Paragraph 4, No.1 I and II
2 to 4 and their total

debts of the whole
party in accordance with Paragraph 4, No.2 I and II 2 and
3 and their total,

net assets of the
whole party (positive or negative),

total income, total
expenditure, surpluses or deficits as well as net assets
of the three subdivisional levels; national organization,
land organizations and district organizations.

In addition to the
absolute figures for Nos.1 and 2 the respective percentage of
total income under No.1 and total expenditure under No.2 must be
indicated.

The number of
members at the end of the year must be indicated

The party may attach
brief explanations to the statement of accounts and
especially to specific items.

Public grants for
party youth organizations shall not count towards the
absolute and relative limits. They should be indicated in
the party's statement for information purposes but are
not to be included in the statement of income and
expenditure.

aged_____ years, resident
of ______________________________________________am a candidate
for election to the Office of ________________, and I do hereby
solemnly affirm and declare as follows:-

That, I have
filed my nomination paper(s) for the above
election.

That, in
connection with my candidature for the above
election, I am submitting here with the
information in the prescribed proforma and the
Statement of Assets and Income pertaining to
myself, my spouse and dependent members of my
family under RP Act 1951

That the
information furnished is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief and that nothing material
has been concealed therefrom.

Deponent

Place:-

Date:-

Verified
before me

(Signature
of verifying authority
with seal)

Annexure - 7

VERIFICATION OF
ELECTORAL ROLLS

Sl.No

Polling Booth No & Constituency
name & Number

Area

No. of Voters on the list

No. of voters verified by Election
Watch

No. of additions needed(%)

No. of deletions needed (%)

Remarks

1

No.54 & Khairatabad
Constituency - 210

Ameerpet, Vidyodaya High School
Polling station

981

825

16(01.9)

79(9.5)

Voters after shifting of residence
also wanted to cast their votes in the same booth

2

No.47 & Secunderabad Cantonment

Constituency
- 211

Rasoolpura, Gun Bazar, Begumpet
Polling Station

4135

1154

205(17.7)

136(11.7)

Deletions due to shifting of
residence and additions due to migration

3

No.229 & Secunderabad
Contonment

Constituency
- 211

Tarnaka,

David Memorial High School Polling
station

1638

418

217(51.9)

136(32.5)

99% of deletions due to shifting of
residence. Additions due to shifting of residence,
attaining of franchise age, omission and migration from
other areas

4

No.231 & Secunderabad
Cantonment

Constituency
- 211

Tarnaka

David Memorial High School Polling
station

572

400

202(51.9)

182(41.5)

Comprehensive revision of the
voters has not been undertaken by the Govt

ll
continue to be disqualified for a
further period of six years since
his release."(Page No.46-48)

Amendments to
Chapter IXA of the Indian Penal Core, 1860

Amendment
of sections 171E, 171F, 171G, 171H and
171I of Indian Penal Code;

In chapter IXA of
the Indian Penal Code, for sections 171E, 171F, 171G, 171H
and 171I, the following sections shall be substituted:

"171E.
Punishment for bribery. - Whoever commits
the offence of bribery shall be punished
with imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend to three
years and shall also be liable to fine.

171F.
Punishment for undue influence or
personation at an election. - Whoever
commits the offence of undue influence of
personation at an election shall be
punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend
to three years and shall also be liable
to fine.

171G.
False statement in connection with an
election. - Whoever with intent to affect
the result of an election makes or
publishes any statement purporting to be
a statement of fact which is false and
which he either knows or believes to be
false or does not believe to be true, in
relation to the personal character or
conduct of any candidate shall be
punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend
to three years and shall also be liable
to fine.

171H.
Illegal payments in connection with an
election. - Whoever without the general
or special authority in writing of a
candidate incurs or authorises expenses
on account of the holding of any public
meeting, or upon any advertisement,
circular or publication, or in any other
way whatsoever for the purpose of
promoting or procuring the election of
such candidate shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description which
may extend to three years and fine which
may extend to five hundred rupees.

Provided
that if any person having incurred any
such expenses not exceeding the amount of
ten rupees without authority obtains
within ten days from the date on which
such expenses were incurred, the approval
in writing of the candidate, he shall be
deemed to have incurred such expenses
with the authority of the candidate.

171I.
Failure to keep election accounts.
Whoever being required by any law for the
time being in force of any rule having
the force of law to keep accounts of
expenses incurred at or in connection
with an election fails to keep such
accounts shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to three years and
shall also be liable to fine.

171J.
Exceeding the prescribed limit of
election expenses - Any candidate whose
expenditure on election exceeds the
amount prescribed under sub-section (3)
of section 77, shall be punished with
imprisonment which may extend to three
years and shall also be liable to fine. (Pages
No.73-75)

Annexure - 4

Proposed proforma for
furnishing information under Sections 8, 8A and 9 dealing with
the disqualification from contesting election.

Annexure -5

Statement of Income
and Expenditure

The statement of
accounts shall comprise accounts of income and
expenditure and an account of assets. It shall be drawn
up in accordance accepted bookkeeping principles and with
due regard for the purposes of this Law. The statement of
accounts of the political party in its entirety shall
incorporate the statements of accounts separately showing
federal and state organisations and the statements of
accounts of the subordinate organizations of each
respective state organization. The state organizations
and their subordinate organizations shall attach to their
statements of accounts a complete list of all donations
together with the names and addresses of the donors. The
party state organisations shall keep the partial reports
of the district organizations subordinate to them in
collective form in their own accounting documents.

Income includes:

Members'
subscriptions and similar regular contributions.

Donations
from natural persons

Donations
from legal entities

Income from
assets

Income from
organized events, distribution of printed
materials and published materials and other
income-raising party activities